20011003034879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Platteville, WI · October 3, 2001

Date
October 3, 2001 · 12:50 local
Place
Platteville, WI
Airport
Grant County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8557D
Reported as
Piper PA22150
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
24 total24 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While on his first solo x-country flight, the student pilot lost control of the aircraft while attempting a x-wind landing. The aircraft departed the right edge of runway 33 at pvb and struck a ditch which sheared off the nose gear. Wind at the time was reported to be 270.09G 14 kt.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE ON HIS FIRST SOLO X-COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING A X-WIND LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT EDGE OF RUNWAY 33 AT PVB AND STRUCK A DITCH WHICH SHEARED OFF THE NOSE GEAR. WIND AT THE TIME WAS REPORTED TO BE 270.09G 14 KT.